late 14c., "ecclesiastical council," from Late Latin synodus, from Greek synodos "assembly, meeting; a coming together, conjunction of planets," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + hodos "a going, a way" (see cede). Earlier in English as sinoth (early 12c.). Used by Presbyterians for "assembly of ministers and other elders" from 1593 to c. 1920, when replaced by General Council.
雙語例句
1. Should the General Synod vote women into the priesthood?
教會總會應該投票讓女性擔任教士嗎?
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
直到宗教改革時期,教會會議的聲明在天主教會中都仍然隻是法律上認可,而非事實上通行。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk ( Synod )
荷蘭改革教會 ( 會議 )
來自互聯網
4. Church councils in the eastern church: Synod of Hippo , 393 ; Synod of Carthage, 397.